Immigration, a Wyoming family’s loss and the Bosworth book on the camps

Vol. 64, No. 3, January 20, 1967. 6 pages. View this issue

The 1965 immigration amendments were a main subject of this six-page issue. A news story and a column by Mike Masaoka reported that close relatives in Japan had largely received visas under the new preference categories. Also on page one was the news that Curtis Tadashi Ando, a Powell, Wyoming Sansei Marine, was killed in Vietnam. National President Jerry Enomoto wrote about his visit to the Cleveland chapter’s 20th anniversary banquet.

Capt. Allan Bosworth’s book, America’s Concentration Camps, drew attention in a news story, in Masao Satow’s Director’s Report and in Harry K. Honda’s editor’s desk. The book’s Feb. 24 publication date was announced. Masaoka’s Washington Newsletter looked at the new Congress and the Senate debate over Rule XXII. Other pages cover chapter installations, a Supreme Court passport ruling, and columns by Kimi Shimamoto, Tamotsu Murayama and George Yoshinaga.

What’s in this issue

Commentary

• At Cleveland, by Jerry Enomoto, page 1. JACL National President Jerry Enomoto recounts his visit to the Cleveland JACL chapter’s 20th anniversary banquet and informal gathering afterward. He also reports on a return visit to the Livingston-Merced chapter and a breakfast discussion with First Vice President Tom Shimasaki about the upcoming Interim Board meeting.
• Washington Newsletter: Conservative Congress, by Mike Masaoka, page 2. Mike Masaoka writes that the 90th Congress appears conservative, noting the President’s State of the Union gave little attention to civil rights and none to immigration reform. He also analyzes House committee changes and the upcoming Senate debate over Rule XXII, which JACL supports reforming.
• Director’s Report: Capt. Bosworth book, by Masao Satow, page 4. National JACL Director Masao Satow urges chapters to distribute Capt. Allan Bosworth’s book ‘America’s Concentration Camps’ as a way to mark the 25th anniversary of the Evacuation. He notes chapters can order five or more copies at a special rate for local libraries.
• Grated Daikon with Tempura, by Kimi Shimamoto, page 5. Kimi Shimamoto offers a recipe for tempura served with grated daikon, describing the vegetable’s versatility in Japanese cooking. She includes detailed instructions for the batter and dipping sauce.
• Tokyo Topics: The Nisei in Brazil, by Tamotsu Murayama, page 6. Kunito Miyasaka of the Nanbei Bank of Sao Paulo told Japanese bankers that Brazil has some 600,000 Japanese residents, including Nisei holding public office, professorships and professional positions. He predicted a Nisei might one day become president of Brazil.
• Ye Editor’s Desk: Textbook Project, by Harry K. Honda, page 6. The editor proposes surveying how American history textbooks teach the wartime Evacuation of Japanese Americans and encourages JACL to promote Bosworth’s book for school libraries. He contrasts the lack of Holocaust coverage in California textbooks with the omission of the Evacuation.
• Ye Editor’s Desk: The Nature of Change, by Harry K. Honda, page 6. The editor reflects on a speech by Charles Elwell at a JACL installation dinner in Orange County about rapid social change and the loss of absolute standards. He suggests JACL should hold to its ideals of equal opportunity and human dignity.
• Letter: JACL, Go For Broke!, by Mrs. Elson B. Snow, page 6. Mrs. Elson B. Snow writes in support of JACL’s involvement in civil rights, disagreeing with the view that JACL should avoid political matters. She argues the Evacuation was a shameful chapter that gives Japanese Americans a special understanding of the Negro’s plight.
• Cows Smell Better, by George Yoshinaga, page 6. George Yoshinaga criticizes Gardena’s court-ordered removal of a dairy and argues residents who complained about cow odor tolerate far worse nuisances. He says the move will raise milk prices and questions the city’s priorities.

National

• Immigration amendments ease part of Japan backlog, page 1. The October 1965 amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act, many proposed by JACL, helped increase immigration from Japan and Asia. Visa statistics for fiscal 1966 show that close relatives on Japan’s oversubscribed list have largely received visas under the new preferences.
• U.S. Supreme Court upholds revoking of unauthorized use of passports, page 1. The Supreme Court on Jan. 10 upheld passport revocations for persons making unauthorized trips to Communist countries, including Nisei women Wendy Nakashima Rosen and Thelma Tanouye Steichen. The Court ruled the travel bans valid but held they could not be enforced by criminal prosecution.
• FBI searching for missing Japanese, page 1. The FBI has launched a search for Hiroyasu Sugino, a 25-year-old employee of Sumitomo Forestry Co., who has been missing since Dec. 3 from Astoria, Oregon. Police suspect he may have been kidnapped by hitch-hikers, and air and sea searches have so far found no trace of him.
• Sheridan, Wyo., once a lively town with 120 Japanese, now down to one, page 3. Jokichi Ono, a 70-year-old Issei, has lived in Sheridan, Wyoming, since 1914 and is now the only Japanese resident there. The town once had about 120 Japanese railroad workers and businesses before most drifted away or returned to Japan.
• Early Issei headstones found by zoo workers, page 4. Headstones dating from 1902 to 1905, including that of Rinmatsu Shintani, were uncovered while workers dug at the Sacramento city zoo. Officials believe they came from an old Japanese section of the New Helvetia Cemetery.
• Christmas Cheer goal oversubscribed, page 4. The Los Angeles JACL Christmas Cheer project raised $2,866 by Dec. 23, surpassing its $2,500 goal. Major donors included churches, community organizations and individual contributors.

Military & Veterans

• Wyoming parents learn of tragic death of son in Vietnam action, page 1. Curtis Tadashi Ando, a Powell, Wyoming Sansei Marine and honor graduate, was killed in Vietnam when a fellow Marine sentry shot him. The family has lived in Wyoming for decades, and the grandparents once farmed in Montana before settling in Powell.
• Immigration amendments ease part of Japan backlog, by Mike Masaoka, page 2. Washington JACL Representative Mike Masaoka reports that the close family relatives in Japan eligible under the new preference categories have been issued visas under the 1965 amendments. Statistics for fiscal 1966 show Japan’s quota was fully used and supplemented by unused quota numbers.
• Capt. Fuchida wants to be U.S. citizen, page 4. Capt. Mitsuo Fuchida, who led the Pearl Harbor attack, reportedly wants to become a U.S. citizen, according to film producer Jack Conner. Conner is producing a film about Fuchida’s conversion to Christianity.
• Military Honors: Kaneshiro may receive Medal of Honor, page 5. S-Sgt. Edward Noboru Kaneshiro of Honolulu may receive the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions in Vietnam on Dec. 1, according to a Honolulu newspaper. He already holds the Silver Star and has served 7.5 years in the Army.

Community

• Patsy and Spark vote on Powell censure, page 1. Hawaii Reps. Patsy Mink and Spark Matsunaga voted on Jan. 9 to remove Rep. Adam Clayton Powell as chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee and voted again the next day on a motion to bar him from his seat pending investigation. The House voted 364-4 for the investigation, which means Powell can be kept out by a simple majority after the probe.
• New rose hybrid used on float to win sweepstakes, page 1. South Pasadena’s float, ‘A Voyage to Atlantis,’ won the Sweepstakes award at the 78th Tournament of Roses Parade, using the All-American Rose selection of 1967. Nisei nurseryman Tom Matsumura, whose group supplied the roses, said the float took 3,000 volunteer hours and $6,000 in donations.
• Tagalog over Nihongo, page 1. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the largest foreign-born language groups in Hawaii are Tagalog with 25,917 speakers and Japanese with 23,020. The figures show Filipino speakers outnumber Japanese speakers among the foreign-born there.
• ’67 membership necessary to maintain valid coverage in JACL Major Medical, page 1. Current JACL membership is required to keep valid coverage on JACL major medical and disability income policies underwritten by Capitol Life Insurance Co. Members who have not paid their 1967 dues should send them to their chapters or the JACL Regional Office.
• Mt. Olympus hosts IDC-IDYC quarterly meet Jan. 28-29, page 1. Mt. Olympus JACL will host the first quarterly Intermountain District Council session at the Ramada Inn in Salt Lake City on Jan. 28-29. Chapter and Jr. JACL delegates will hold business sessions, and JACLers will attend the National JACL Credit Union annual meeting and dance.
• Cortez JACL installs officers, page 1. Yeichi Sakaguchi was installed as president of the Cortez JACL chapter, with Jerry Enomoto, national president, presiding over the installation of the 1967 officers. The event was held in Turlock earlier this month.
• Milwaukee JACLer to head Holiday Folk Fair in 1968, page 3. Roy A. Mukai of Milwaukee was elected vice chairman of the Holiday Folk Fair, which means he will head the event in 1969. The fair draws more than 55,000 visitors and involves about 4,000 volunteers from 40 ethnic groups.
• Vice President’s move key for Senate Rule 22, page 4. Vice President Hubert Humphrey has indicated to liberal senators that he will abide by a constitutional majority of 51 Senators on specific questions about modifying the filibuster Rule 22. Liberals are preparing to pursue a liberalized cloture rule, possibly including McGovern’s three-fifths compromise.
• Round trip air fares to Japan reduced for individuals from West Coast, page 4. Japan Air Lines and other carriers announced lower trans-Pacific fares, with individual round trips from the West Coast to Japan now available for $603 during the off-season if travelers meet certain requirements. The new rates are retroactive to Jan. 1 and will apply to eastbound travel once approved by the CAB.
• Caucasians outnumber Japanese on Oahu, page 4. A revised Department of Health estimate shows Caucasians now outnumber Americans of Japanese ancestry on Oahu, 165,000 to 164,000. In 1950 the situation was reversed.
• Who’s Who on the 1967 D.C. Board, page 4. The Washington, D.C. JACL chapter will install its 1967 board at a dinner-dance on Jan. 28 in Rosslyn, Virginia. The article profiles the chapter chairman, officers and committee chairs, emphasizing their professional and community backgrounds.
• Sonoma County Jr. JACL officers sworn in, page 4. Russell Obana, National Jr. JACL Chairman, installed the 1967 officers of the Sonoma County JACL and Jr. JACL chapters at a potluck dinner on Jan. 7. Frank Oda presented gavels to the incoming president Ed Ohki and junior president Randy Okamoto.
• Dr. Albert Oyama heads Portland JACL chapter, page 4. Dr. Albert Oyama was installed as president of the Portland JACL chapter on Jan. 7, succeeding Walter Fuchigami. Nobi Tsuboi was named president-elect.
• Placer County JACL holds first meet of year at Bakersfield, page 4. The Central California District Council met in Bakersfield on Jan. 8 with all 40 member chapters present to plan the coming year under District Governor James Kubota. Discussion focused on the year’s programs and goals.
• Shimizu Obituaries and Deaths, page 4. The Pacific Citizen reports deaths of Japanese Americans in several California and Utah communities during early January. The listings include surviving family members.

Arts & Entertainment

• Origami paper airplane competition, page 1. Scientific American and the San Francisco Chronicle are sponsoring the First International Paper Airplane Competition, with categories including duration, distance, aerobatics and origami. Entries were extended to Feb. 1, and judges include technical illustrator Bunji Tagawa.

JACL

• Publication date of Bosworth book set for Feb. 24, page 1. W.W. Norton announced that Capt. Allan Bosworth’s ‘America’s Concentration Camps’ will be published Feb. 24, and JACL members can order it at a pre-publication price of $5. Reviews describe the book as a well-documented study of the Evacuation, and Pearl S. Buck calls it an important and timely book.

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